Downloading files to photoshop

Bear with me folks.....I have been trying to download picture files from my card reader onto my Mac.I can see the files as thumbnails but as i try to put into photoshop cs3 does not recognize this type of file........any ideas? cheers

What type of file are they?

Hi thanks for replying,CR2 i think.....i took loads of pictures on my memory card put them in my card reader.i can see the thumbnails but when i try to edit them in cs3 it says it cant recognize files......

im not a techno guy so i talk in lay mans term.....Sorryyyyy

raw files

Make sure your CS3 is updated. You'll also want to check at Adobe's site to make sure CS3 even supports CR2 or RAW files from your type of camera.

why dont you copy the files from your card reader into a folder and batch them into jpeg format? then direct photoshop to the folder


http://www.imageconverterplus.com/help-center/about-icp/supported-formats/cr2/

hamo said:

why dont you copy the files from your card reader into a folder and batch them into jpeg format? then direct photoshop to the folder


Canon photo RAW CR2 File format | Extension .cr2

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What's the point in shooting in RAW if you are just going to batch them into Jpeg? >_<"

You still need to view it and see if they are exposed correctly and do some editing before compressing a RAW into a Jepeg.

looked at that link,still have not a clue what to do,told you i'm not savvy lol.Itake it i need to pay for that programme?

thats right,i need to edit them in RAW mode then make them jpegs........i just cant open them in raw mode in PS

Have you tried doing a software update? Adobe Camera Raw Plugin-In X.X.X should be there. If not try running a google search for this: Adobe Camera Raw Plug-In 4.1.1

Download and install and see if it works.

Someone apparently had the same problem as you before. Link to the thread.

thanks guys all sorted.........................